A Promising Alternative to Temporal Artery Biopsy for GCA

Abstract

A 57 year old gentleman was referred by GP to our Acute Medical Assessment Unit with right sided headache. He described 3 days history of right fronto-parietal headache with ‘’heaviness’’ and associated blurring of vision and dizziness. The headache was paroxysmal ‘coming in waves’’ and did not respond to first line analgesics. He is an exsmoker, living on his own with no past medical history of note.